tv & film
tv & film
Asian Women in Film and TV: Who’s Been Here, Who’s Raising Us Up & What’s To Come
When I was little, the character I related to most was the animated character of Mulan: a classic.Her hair was long like mine, our eyes were similar, she expressed a frustration that I related to, and her ancestors sounded like my aunties; I saw myself in this animated creation.
Relatable to Me
In 2017, the film Ghost in the Shell caused a significant uproar when the news that Scarlett Johansson was cast in the lead role broke - she was to depict the Japanese main character, Major.
Then to Now: Asian Whitewashing in Film
Since the early 1910s to the modern era that is 2019, whitewashing in film has always been a prominent issue for people of color. The meaning of whitewashing in film is to cast a white actor for the role of a formerly non-white character.
The Inspirational Sandra Oh
Who inspires you most in the entertainment industry? For me it is an easy question to answer. Sandra Oh.
Finding Dorothy
Growing up, I was always the yellow Power Ranger. Despite the fact that 26 seasons of PowerRangers have now aired and only the first one and a half featured a female Asian Yellow Ranger, I’ve found that the role has somehow become a part of many Asian female millennials’ childhoods.
Whitewashing in Hollywood
The practice of casting only white actors/actress to play a certain role of another race being ‘yellowface’ and ‘blackface’, to replace Asian and black descent in production has long been done in the Hollywood.